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Gabriel McKay

Scotland to face Israel in June as UEFA moves crucial European Championship play-off dates

Scotland's European Championship play-off against Israel will be moved to June under a new UEFA schedule drawn up on Tuesday.

The Euro 2020 play-off was initially scheduled for March 26, before a trip to face either Norway or Serbia.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak the tournament has been moved to the summer of 2021 and the play-offs have also been shifted.

Both the Polish FA and the Serbian FA have announced that today's UEFA summit has resulted in a decision to move the play-off games to June 2020.

The COVID-19 outbreak is not being predicted to peak in the UK for 10 to 14 weeks so that revised date could also be in jeopardy.

Clubs will be obliged to release their players for the new dates which could cause a potential conflict with the club season.

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UEFA has decided that the Europa League and Champions League will be completed by June 30 "if the situation allows", with league games also potentially being played at that time.

The governing body has provisionally scheduled the Europa League final for June 24 and the Champions League final for June 27 but that depends on the public health situation at the time.

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